The reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian GM will face the Chinese GM Ding Liren at the 2023 World Chess Championship match

And yes, it’s true! What the chess world was expecting, but hoping it didn’t happen, struck us on the International Chess Day

While FIDE is waiting for Carlsen to decide if he’s going to defend his title against Nepomniachtchi, the World Champion participated at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and then paid a visit to the Philadelphia

This Day (11th of July) in 1972 it was the first game of the “Match of the Century” between the defending World Champion Boris Spassky

Almost a week after the 2022 Candidates Tournament, the World Champion Magnus Carlsen hasn’t decided if he’ll defend his title against the second-time Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi